Teacher - Gulyangarri Public School

Educationhq; Sydney; On-site; AUD 78,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Gulyangarri Public School in Sydney's Liverpool area invites applications for a K-6 teacher. The role requires unconditional NSW teaching approval and capacity to work across Preschool to Year 6 within a high-expectations curriculum.

You will collaborate with staff and families, lead explicit teaching practices and contribute to extracurricular programs to enrich student learning and wellbeing.

The school embraces diverse backgrounds and aims to open doors to possibility.

Qualifications

• Approval to teach K-6 across preschool to Year 6 in a high-expectations environment.
• Ability to use explicit teaching practices and differentiate to improve outcomes.
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders to support student wellbeing.
• Commitment to leading extracurricular programs for student enrichment.

Responsibilities

• Lead teaching across K-6 and support across Preschool to Year 6 in a high-expectations setting.
• Collaborate with staff, families and the wider community to support learning and wellbeing.
• Lead and contribute to extracurricular programs for student enrichment.

Skills

K-6 teaching

Explicit teaching

Differentiation

Stakeholder collaboration

Extracurricular leadership

Education

Full NSW teaching approval

Job description

Gulyangarri Public Schoolopened at the beginning of 2024. It is located adjacent toLiverpool Boys and Liverpool Girls High Schools in the Liverpool CBD. The school community is diverse with students from a range of cultural, linguistic and socio-economic backgrounds. Current enrolments are 390 from Preschool to Year 6. 88% of students have a language background other than English from over 50 different languages and nine students are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. There are four support classes.

The school’s name comes from Darug language and translates to childrenin English.The word gulyangarrihighlightsthe importance of children being at the centre of all that we do, and staff work collaboratively to ensure a high-expectations curriculum reflects our school motto of Opening the door to possibility.An emphasis on quality play-based learning in the preschool and explicit teaching and strong character development in Kindergarten to Year 6 lays the foundation for student success.

About this job

Position Information

Gulyangarri Public Schoolopened at the beginning of 2024. It is located adjacent toLiverpool Boys and Liverpool Girls High Schools in the Liverpool CBD. The school community is diverse with students from a range of cultural, linguistic and socio-economic backgrounds. Current enrolments are 390 from Preschool to Year 6. 88% of students have a language background other than English from over 50 different languages and nine students are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. There are four support classes.

The school’s name comes from Darug language and translates to childrenin English.The word gulyangarrihighlightsthe importance of children being at the centre of all that we do, and staff work collaboratively to ensure a high-expectations curriculum reflects our school motto of Opening the door to possibility.An emphasis on quality play-based learning in the preschool and explicit teaching and strong character development in Kindergarten to Year 6 lays the foundation for student success.

Specific Selection Criteria

• Approval to teach K-6 with capacity to work across the school Preschool to Year 6 in a high expectation learning environment.
• Demonstrated ability using explicit teaching practices and differentiation to improve learning outcomes for all students within a diverse learning community.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with all stakeholders and create positive partnerships that support student learning and wellbeing.
• Commitment to and demonstrated skills in leading and contributing to extracurricular programs that provide opportunities for students to enhance and enrich their learning.

Conditions

An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education, you are required to commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.

Special Notes

Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.

About the NSW Department of Education

The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.

If you are new or returning to the Department of Education and have relevant prior professional experience, you can submit a Salary determination for classroom teachers application form to request a salary determination. Until the outcome of any such determination is confirmed, your salary offer will remain at Step 1 then be updated at a later date (typically a 1–2-week processing time post receipt of the form). For further details on this process, please see the Department’s policy here: Salary determination.